SWR cont.ra
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Radio station ( public law ) | |
reception | FM (only in Stuttgart), DAB , satellite ( DVB-S , ADR ) |
Reception area |
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business | July 1, 2002 to January 8, 2012 |
Broadcaster | Südwestrundfunk |
Intendant | Peter Boudgoust |
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SWR cont.ra was a word radio that Südwestrundfunk (SWR) had been producing since July 2002. The word "cont.ra" is an abbreviation of "content radio" ( radio with content ). The program was produced in Baden-Baden and advertised itself with the words: This is where the information plays - for everyone who wants to know. On January 9, 2012, SWR cont.ra was replaced by the new news channel SWRinfo .
program
The focus in SWR cont.ra was on information and cultural programs. Monday to Friday, the early program until 9 a.m. was designed like a news channel: news every 20 minutes, supplemented by various categories (weather, sport, economy, ...). Instead of frequent broadcasting of news (such as B5 aktuell ), SWR cont.ra otherwise relied on particular detail in the information broadcasts. In addition to numerous repetitions and takeovers from other SWR programs, especially from SWR2 , but also SWR1 , SWR cont.ra also offered its own, e.g. B .:
- Transfers from the Bundestag and the state parliaments
- important sporting events without music interruption
- Programs from the specialist editors (environment, church, economy, ...)
- an intercultural magazine ( SWR international )
- historical documents from the SWR archive
- Boulevard and infotainment ( cont.ra-BASS, colorful, current, showbiz and sport )
The news program Tagesschau was broadcast at 8 p.m. At night, the station took over the ARD info night (produced by MDR Info ; not on all medium wave frequencies). In the early days of the station still was at this point INFOradio from RBB broadcast.
In the evening from 7 p.m., SWR cont.ra broadcast the joint foreign language or foreigner programs of the ARD in its first six months, until these were discontinued in their former form at the end of 2002.
reception
SWR cont.ra could be heard as a live stream on the Internet and on the SWR's medium wave stations . Due to austerity measures, broadcasting via medium wave was limited to the Mühlacker , Rheinsender , Heilbronn and Ulm stations during the night in July 2005 . In contrast to the other SWR radio programs, it was only broadcast via the terrestrial digital radio system DAB in a reduced, dull mono sound quality (greatly reduced bit rate with cut highs). Originally, however, it was intended to increase the acceptance of the DAB system. SWR cont.ra could be received via DVB-S and ADR via the Astra satellite at 19.2 ° East , and in the downtown area of Stuttgart via VHF on 91.5 MHz.
Medium wave
With the final broadcasting deadline for SWR cont.ra, the medium-wave transmitters also stopped broadcasting on January 8, 2012. Operation of the Ulm-Jungingen transmitter ceased on December 30, 2011. The operation of the DRM transmitter in Obereisesheim was stopped on July 1, 2011.
Channel | frequency | ERP | Transmission area |
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Lake Constance transmitter ¹ | 666 kHz | 150 kW | southern Baden-Württemberg |
Mühlacker | 576 kHz | 100 kW | northern Baden-Württemberg |
Rhine transmitter | 1017 kHz | 100 kW | Rhineland-Palatinate |
Freiburg ¹ | 828 kHz | 10 kW | Breisgau |
Ulm | 1413 kHz | 1 kW | Ulm region |
Heilbronn-Obereisesheim | 711 kHz | 5 kW | Heilbronn Region (DRM) |
¹ Limited operation: Monday to Friday from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.
VHF
Channel | frequency | ERP | Transmission area |
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Stuttgart Broadcasting House | 91.5 MHz | 0.3 kW | Downtown area of Stuttgart |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ SWR: SWR relies on topicality and regionality. Broadcasting Council welcomes new program projects . Press release. September 23, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2011.
- ↑ Heidi Keller: The end of the medium wave. Answers from SWR radio editor-in-chief Arthur Landwehr . January 4, 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2012.